IUCN status: Vulnerable
EPBC Predator Threat Rating: Very high
IUCN claim: “The species is threatened by introduced predators, the Red Fox and feral Cat especially”
Foxes hunted 3 of 30 reintroduced, predator-inexperienced wallabies (Hayward et al. 2012).
Wallabies were last confirmed in NSW 3 years before foxes arrived (Table S2).
There are no studies evidencing a link between foxes and nail-tail
wallaby populations. In contradiction with the claim, the extirpation
record pre-dates the fox arrival record.
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions. Conservation Biology
EPBC. (2015) Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Department of Environment, Government of Australia. (Table A1).
Fairfax, Dispersal of the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) across Australia. Biol. Invasions 21, 1259-1268 (2019).
Hayward, M.W., L’Hotellier, F., O’Connor, T., Ward-Fear, G., Cathcart, J., Cathcart, T., Sephens, J., Stephens, J., Herman, K. and Legge, S., 2012, January. Reintroduction of bridled nailtail wallabies beyond fences at Scotia Sanctuary-Phase 1. In Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Vol. 134).
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023